Ibaloi Attire

Ibaloi women wear kambal or blouse, and divet or skirt. Their clothing indicates the social class they belong to. The rich women or the bacnang wear colorful blouse and skirt that has black as the emerging color. The abiteg or the poor women on the other hand wear black and white blouse and skirt(Anonymous, n.d.). Early in the history of Ibaloi, women did not wear garments and were naked(Leano, 1958). Because there were no available garments, women had to go to the mambatek to have the batek or the tattoo. Aside from the belief that tattoos cure sickness, these tattoos were also used to cover the bare skin of the Ibaloi women.